Filipe Luís on steadying Flamengo after 4 winless games | OneFootball

Filipe Luís also mentioned how to keep Flamengo's squad motivated for 2025

The Flamengo continues without a win in the Brazilian Championship after being champions last season. Following the 1-1 draw with Internacional last Wednesday (04), coach Filipe Luís commented on how he plans to keep the squad motivated for 2026.

— It's the position with the most pressure of all. But I am a very rational guy, what is within my control? What is within my control is to try to do everything to help the players recover emotionally, they are players who are used to winning many games in a row, and when a sequence of losses or draws comes, players who haven't experienced this situation for a long time, you can see that they are not refined emotionally —, started Filipe Luís.

— I can control this, I am focusing on it. On the strategy, the tactics, the team's mentality, being able to work a little more, then doing my best and always being able to sleep in peace, because I always did my best to help the team. I know we will come back, I am sure of it —, concluded the Flamengo coach.

WHAT'S THE CONTEXT?

Flamengo had a 2025 season full of titles. During this period, the red-black team was champion of the Campeonato Carioca, the Copa Libertadores, and the Brasileirão. Additionally, they were finalists in the Club World Cup against PSG (FRA).

However, in 2026 the reality is different. The red-black team is the second-to-last in Group B of the Campeonato Carioca and was also the runner-up in the Supercopa do Brasil, against Corinthians. Finally, they have only one point in the Brasileirão after two games played.

WHEN DOES FLAMENGO PLAY?

Now, Flamengo shifts focus from the Brasileirão to the Campeonato Carioca. This is because the team led by Filipe Luís faces Sampaio Corrêa-RJ this Saturday (07), at 9 PM (Brasília time), at Maracanã, in a match valid for the last round of the first phase.

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